“The Law is a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.” -Galatians 3:24

Scott Smith

I have been a full-time missionary and street preacher since May 2010. My oversight board is the Presbyterian Evangelistic Fellowship (PEF), a 50 year old Reformed missionary sending organization. I call my specific ministry Schoolmaster Ministries for two reasons. First, it is imperative that a person understand sin, and the preaching of the law exposes not just sins, but our depraved fallen Adamic nature. By the law comes the knowledge of sin. (Rm 7:7) The Law therefore is a SCHOOLMASTER that teaches us to run to Christ for salvation from sin (Gal 3:24.) Secondarily, I spent 17 years of prior ministry as a SCHOOLMASTER and teacher in a Classical Christian preparatory school.

Originally from New England, God sovereignly converted me back in October, 1979 when I was in Hawaii on my way to Australia. Many years later God providentially ordered my steps to come to Orlando from Maine to attend Reformed Theological Seminary. I had planned a career change from business to advanced academics but the Lord led me into starting and running my own Classical Christian school after seminary graduation in 1994. For 16 years I ran Smith Prep but in my heart I held a long-cherished desire to be an open-air street-preacher. I felt that Christ was worthy of having someone stand up publicly for His glory in the highways and byways of this fallen world. I felt strongly that churches were not obedient in this critical area. It was also clear to me that the Lord had commanded His followers to be fishers of men.

Although it was a joy to teach and oversee a Prep School I was very happy when the Lord ordained that one of my teachers stepped up with a desire to take over my school. In May of 2010 the door opened for me to labor in His harvest fields as a full time street preacher. Accompanied by my wonderful wife Patte, I have had the privilege of joining with many other Reformed evangelists across the country preaching both God’s Law and the Glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Open Air Preacher Profile – Scott Smith

Crown Rights Media introduces you to the ones who are hitting the streets with the Gospel daily. Showing that not all street preaching is about yelling at people, instead its about compassion for lost souls. In the third in the series Scott Smith discusses why he does what he does for the King.